19791130044929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 690 · Columbus, MA · November 30, 1979

Date
November 30, 1979 · 04:30 local
Place
Columbus, MA
Airport
Port
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WAC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9223N
Reported as
Rkwell 690
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After takeoff left engine fire light came on. Found primary, secondary fuel nozzles had leaked, causing fire.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND PRIMARY, SECONDARY FUEL NOZZLES HAD LEAKED, CAUSING FIRE.

Other reports on N9223N · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.